Extreme Value Theory in Engineering - Softcover

Castillo, Enrique

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0123959446 ISBN 13: 9780123959447

Publisher: Academic Press, 2016

Synopsis

This book is a comprehensive guide to extreme value theory in engineering. Written for the end user with intermediate and advanced statistical knowledge, it covers classical methods as well as recent advances. A collection of 150 examples illustrates the theoretical results and takes the reader from simple applications through complex cases of dependence.

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About the Author

ENRIQUE CASTILLO, PhD, is a Professor of Applied Mathematics at the University of Cantabria in Santander, Spain. He is a mathematician and a civil engineer and member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering.

ALI S. HADI, PhD, is a Professor of Mathematical, Statistical, and Computational Sciences at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. He is a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow and Professor Emeritus at Cornell University.

N. BALAKRISHNAN, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada.He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and currently the Editor-in-Chief of Communications in Statistics and Wiley's Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Second Edition.

JOSÉ M. SARABIA, PhD, is a Professor of Statistics in the Department of Economics at the University of Cantabria, Spain. He is a member of the American Statistical Association and is Associate Editor of the journal Test.

Review

"The book is well written in an easy, accessible style and it can be used as a textbook or as consulting book."
--ZENTRALBLATT FUR MATHEMATIK
"The book is in a formati which makes it easy to use from the point of view of applications. It is clearly written, and especially commendable is the inclusion of several pertinent data sets."
--MATHEMATICAL REVIEWS

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0123959446
• ISBN 13: 9780123959447
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 406